[exim] Bounce message not containing :fail: message

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Author: Pieter Ennes
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Bounce message not containing :fail: message
Hi all.

I'm :fail:-ing some addresses of unemployed people in a virtual users
list, like this:

sjoerd@???:        :fail: Not employed at Q-go anymore


Philip's excellent Exim4 book mentions:

"If :fail: is encountered while a message is being delivered, the text
is included in the bounce message that Exim generates; the text for
:defer: appears in the log line for the deferral, but is not otherwise
used."

However, i'm seeing this in the bounce message:

   sjoerd@???
     SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<sjoerd@???>:
     host angie.q-go.net [212.72.55.132]: 550 unknown user


While the log does give it correctly:

2005-09-09 16:01:43 H=host-213-201-236-212.argeweb.nl (pooh.febe.nl)
[213.201.236.212] F=<test@???> rejected RCPT
<sjoerd@???>: Not employed at Q-go anymore

Why would the 'Not employed anymore' text not be included in the
generated bounce message?

Any clues anyone?

Thanks a lot,
--
- Pieter